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Carcieri raps Prov officials on immigration

From the gov's office:

Governor Donald L. Carcieri today decried the City of Providence's continued refusal to work with Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to prevent illegal immigrants from committing reprehensible crimes against Rhode Island citizens. The Governor said that the recent arrest of Marco Riz, an illegal immigrant who had been ordered deported, is a sad but vivid example of why he issued his Executive Order on illegal immigration.

“It is obvious that Mayor Cicilline and the Chief of Police Dean Esserman are following through with their decision not to support my Executive Order on illegal immigration.” Governor Carcieri said. “Had they checked with ICE after either of this individual's two previous arrests, he certainly would not have had the opportunity to car-jack and rape a young woman in Roger Williams Park. Unfortunately, inaction by Providence has public safety ramifications for individuals and families across Rhode Island.”

According to reports from ICE, Marco Riz was arrested twice last year and the Providence Police Department failed to use the ICE NLTS system to verify his immigration status. In fact, it has been reported that ICE has even offered assistance to help with illegal immigration issues, but that offer has been declined.

Published Jun 23 2008, 03:58 PM by Ian Donnis

Irene said:

What's wrong with those people?? why are they refusing to protect law abiding citizens from criminal invaders??

June 23, 2008 5:47 PM
joe bernstein said:

Having been the INS agent assigned full-time to Providence PD from 1990-1994, I am convinced from what I have seen since the Cicilline administration has been governing Providence is indicative of a de facto sanctuary city posture.

The price of ignoring immigration status while carrying out routine police duties(as opposed to "hunting down" aliens)is the abduction and rape of an innocent woman as well as many other crimes which could have been prevented.

I have repeated ad nauseum that within the legal immigrant population and the illegal alien alien population there exists a significant number of criminals who are dangerous to society and deportable.They don't represent a large proportion of either group,but with the total numbers we are dealing with,they are no small worry.The inability of the "advocates'and the current city administration to differentiate between the predators and the relatively harmless illegals and law abiding legal immigrants is outright dangerous.

June 23, 2008 9:39 PM
Delaware Bob said:

To Governor Donald L. Carcieri,

Issue another order for a special session and get them to give you an Immigration Law like you requested. Why are Democrats against the American people and all for the ILLEGAL ALIENS?

"If Demoncrats had any brains, they'd be Republicans"...Ann Coulter

June 23, 2008 10:24 PM
Ira H. Schwartz said:

Another Racist Italian with a "big fish in a small pond complex". Always complaining how their hairy chested grandmothers were forced to learn English. Stop your whinnying already "Gumbas".

You people have no shame calling others criminals. How about all the Italian union leaders, politicians, insurance companies and so on robbing innocent Americans of their benefits and health care. I'm not of Hispanic or black heritage but I'm sick of Italian mafia criminals getting glorified in movies and television. You want to further your political careers and hide your crimes by chastising powerless hard working people. You are the real criminal Donald "the capo" Calcieri.

June 23, 2008 11:11 PM
Tommy said:

The governor is half-Swedish so I assume we will be seeing racist attacks from you on Swedes.

Not to mention the Communist mass-murdering Jews like Trotsky and "the poor innocent Rosenberg's".

If anybody is glorified by the media it is the "poor persecuted Jews" who control it.

Stop your whining already "Matzoh's".

Your fat pervert Jew mayor is going nowhere fast in this state and his even fatter Jew brother is going to be enjoying some unkosher schwratze meat real soon.

June 24, 2008 9:06 AM